BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Every year, seven trillion tiny pieces of plastic—microplastics—flow into San Francisco Bay. Once these tiny pieces are in the water, they never go away. They just break into smaller and smaller pieces. Microplastics range from the size of a popcorn kernel to smaller than a grain of salt. Some plastic particles sink […]
BC STAFF REPORT The San Francisco Bay Conserva-tion and Development Com-mission (BCDC) voted last month to amend its plan to support more just and equitable management of the San Francisco Bay. Environmental justice and social equity policies were developed in close collaboration with five Bay Area community groups that formed the Environmental Justice Review Team […]
This year’s Fleet Week events will once again feature the spectacular United States Navy Blue Angels—the world’s most talented aerial performance team—to thrill the public with its incredible aerial feats. A full airshow will be taking place over three consecutive days in the skies above San Francisco’s waterfront and is the only airshow in the […]
Ground was broken last month for Alameda’s third ferry terminal, the Seaplane Lagoon dock at Alameda Point. A group of builders, Alameda government officials and WETA staff gathered for the ceremony on the southern side of Alameda’s former naval air station. The terminal site, which will include a 400-vehicle parking lot, is expected to be […]
First there was one, then three, then five, and now more than 70 harbor seals a week are “hauling-out” on the floating concrete dock built especially for them in Alameda Point Harbor. Located a few hundred yards off WETA’s glistening new Central Bay Maintenance and Operations Facility, inaugurated just last December, the dock represents a […]
Waterfront Weekend Returns to Vallejo Vallejo’s annual Waterfront Weekend comes to the city’s beautiful waterfront on Saturday and Sunday, October 5 and 6. The free event is held to celebrate life in Vallejo as well as to show what the city has to offer to out-of-town visitors. Event hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday […]
San Francisco’s Fleet Week has been recognized by the United States Department of Defense as the model for fleet weeks across the country. This October 6 through 14 marks the 38th anniversary of the modern version of Fleet Week in San Francisco, but the origins of this event are much older. San Francisco and Fleet […]
Hovercraft Study Gets OK: WETA directors this month approved a $475,000 contract to Los Angeles-headquartered AECOM to study the feasibility of using hovercraft for ferry service on the Bay. The giant engineering company has several Bay Area offices and employs more than 80,000 people worldwide. The study begins in October and is expected to last […]
On September 26, Tideline Marine Group launched its latest passenger craft, the 75-foot, 149-passenger Peregrine. The new ferry boat is Tideline’s fourth vessel and by far its largest. The Tiburon-based private operator, which has financial backing from investment banker Richard Blum, operates two 45-passenger craft, as well as a smaller 20-passenger catamaran called Kestrel. The […]
Jeff Russell is a new bartender on board the Vallejo ferry heading to San Francisco. When we met him he’d been at the job for about two months, and so far, he’s very happy to be here. “It’s a lot better than my last job,” he said. “I was a delivery driver for a company […]